Arlington Firefighter Shot During Welfare Check

ARLINGTON (WBAP/KLIF News ) – AN ARLINGTON FIREFIGHTER IS SAID TO BE STABLE AND ALERT AT MEDICAL CITY AFTER BEING SHOT WHILE CONDUCTING A WELFARE CHECK AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

RESPONDING TO A 911 CALL INDICATING CHILDREN WERE CRYING, OFFICERS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND REPEATEDLY ANNOUNCED THEIR PRESENCE.

ARLINGTON ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF TARRICK MCGUIRE SAYS A SINGLE SHOT WAS FIRED FROM INSIDE THE APARTMENT, STRIKING FIREFIGHTER BRADY WEAVER.

A MAN, A WOMAN, AND TWO CHILDREN COMPLIED WITH COMMANDS AND CAME OUT OF THE APARTMENT.

27-YEAR-OLD DEMETRIC BROOKS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

BROOKS SAID HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD BEEN ASLEEP AND THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS BREAKING INTO THE APARTMENT.

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